LAS VEGAS (AP) The beach is out back by the wave pool. Sports betting and a nightclub are nearby. And in a small theater past the slot machines and gaming tables, a Broadway production of "Mamma Mia!" is trying to lure tourists away from gambling to settle in for more than two hours of ABBA tunes.
"It was always in our minds," Nina Lannan, executive producer and general manager of the show in the United States said of bringing "Mamma Mia!" to the Mandalay Bay hotel-casino in Las Vegas. "I thought it would be perfect for Vegas."
Perfect in that the audience won't have to sit through a routine stage show with songs that can be a tad boring to tourists itching to get back to the tables. This is light, fun theater, a musical that inspires audiences to dance in the aisles at the end of the show.